A love of food and cooking combined with what she felt was her destiny (a career in showbiz, just like her producer parents) led today’s profile subject to a career she loves. The first hurdle was finding out about the existence and role of the food stylist and culinary producer in the world of TV, film, [...]
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Today’s profile subject came to my attention through a very thoughtful piece he did on entertainment trade site, The Wrap. In it, he mentioned being from a one stop-light town and having over 40,000 Twitter followers. The juxtaposition of those two tidbits, small town kid comes to the big city and makes a splash on [...]
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As longtime readers of Your Industry Insider know, the name of our weekly newsletter, the Mogul Mindset, was inspired by Richard Branson’s autobiography, “Losing My Virginity,” in which he shared the first part of his entrepreneurial journey. This book, which I highly recommend here, contains many lessons which anyone aspiring to big things can apply [...]
Read More →Though all of the “Industry Pro” profiles that appear on Your Industry Insider have something to teach us about our own professional lives, these five profiles from 2012 have been chosen for the qualities the profile subjects embodied on their way to reaching an entertainment career goal. TV Host & Style Expert Alison Deyette was strategic in her thinking [...]
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Music has enormous power. Even though you are not creating the narrative as a director does, you are helping determine the pacing, the tone, and the emotional impact of a scene. The right music can make a punchline funnier, a death more heartbreaking. Today’s Industry Pro has worked on TV, movies, and video games. His work ranges from a trailer for [...]
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Looking at the current career of today’s industry pro from the outside, it’s hard to tell where she started, what angle she approached from. Was she a trained actress? A fashion school grad who applied her expertise wherever she could? Did she aim to be the next Oprah? (Hint: All of those guesses were incorrect.) Regardless [...]
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In an article about Fourth Wall Studios last April, the Los Angeles times wrote that they are ”trying to create a new form of interactive programming that fits the era of apps, friends lists and watching two or three screens at the same time.” Today’s profile subject has been working on that objective for much of her [...]
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Today’s profile subject is one of the rare people who took a strategic and direct path from college to doing exactly what he wanted to be doing. The struggle came much later, when it stopped being exactly what he wanted to be doing. The opportunity to do a commercial theatrical production of one of his works [...]
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As with any showbiz pursuit, it’s important to make a name for yourself. For a budding actress in Los Angeles, a place crowded with budding actresses, the challenge is greater than usual. Your Industry Insider came across today’s profile subject while she was promoting her Younge Hollywood Blast, which was newly nominated for a Shorty Award. We [...]
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Today’s profile subject is relatively early in her career, but she was focused during college and took the opportunity to do several internships in different cities. One of those internships introduced her to the world of casting and she immediately fell in love. Following graduation, a four week on a Food Network pilot turned into 11 [...]
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